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Showing 40814090 of 45438 articles for Art. 1301 · Cass. 1re civ. 5 April 2005 · Cass. 3e civ. 12 May 2010 · Cass. 1re civ. 12 July 2001

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions relating to the control of groups

Article R356-5-1

…nsurance undertaking or of a person linked to it, pursuant to the first paragraph of Article L. 632-12 of the Monetary and Financial Code, in accordance with one of the procedures provided for in Arti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Procedure for authorising the import and export of elements or products of the human body mentioned in Article R. 1245-1 for therapeutic purposes, as provided for in the first and third paragraphs of II of Article L. 1245-5.

Article R1245-5

…ort authorisation for therapeutic purposes, provided for in the first paragraph of II of Article L. 1245-5, is sent by the legal entities or natural persons mentioned in the same paragraph to the Dire…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R4314-5

…obtaining evidence of any non-compliance, the market surveillance authorities and authorised agents may: 1° Require economic operators to provide the documents and information mentioned in article R.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Identification and verification of customer identity

Article R561-5-2

For the application of 2° of I of Article L. 561-5, and when the measures provided for in 1° to 4° of Article R. 561-5-1 cannot be implemented, the persons referred to in Article L. 561-2 shall verify…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Transparency and disclosure requirements

Article L326-5

The conditions under which members of collective management organisations may obtain, with due respect for the secrets protected by law, communication of documents or information, including of a nomin…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation procedure

Article L2113-5

…is deemed to come under the new commune in its own conditions of status and employment. Article L. 5111-7 is applicable.The new commune is substituted for the suppressed public inter-municipal cooper…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Industrial tribunal members

Article R1423-55

The employment tribunal activities referred to in Article L. 1442-5 are : 1° The following activities relating to the role of employee representative: a) Taking the oath ; b) Setting up the industrial…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating rules

Article L621-5-1

…vate-sector employees. Under conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, public employees may be placed with the Autorité des marchés financiers in a position provided for by the regulations…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Economic concentration.

Article L430-5

…ng days from the date of receipt of the complete notification. II. - The parties to the transaction may undertake to take measures designed in particular to remedy, where appropriate, the anti-competi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rules applicable to authorised establishments and organisations

Article R4211-51

An authorised establishment or organisation may transfer to another authorised establishment or organisation advanced therapy medicinal products prepared on an ad hoc basis with a view to their storag…

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